Rob Ashton’s actually not bad. He’s a good ol’ fashioned union boy. I’d vote for him.

Molotov cocktails filled with maple syrup.

(Edit)…and gasoline.

Well I for one, feel much safer now.

No. They didn’t. Students in Ukraine organized those protests. And it was Russian soldiers that started the fighting in the East.

It isn’t “messy” at all. When the Soviet Union collapsed, Ukraine declared its independence, and the newly formed Russian Federation agreed to the new borders.

Russia no longer has any right to that territory, no matter how many ethnic Russians still live there.

I think you’re misunderstanding those sentiments. A lot of people living in Easter Ukraine ARE ethnic Russians. That’s why they see themselves as Russian. Because they are not ethnic Ukrainians.

That’s literally how settler colonialism works. You occupy the land, and claim it as your own.

All vibes-based conjecture written with the air of a young adult novel. Contrary to what you might hear on the news, Putin is not the Russian Federation, and the Russian Federation is not an empire.

Yeah. Maybe I’ll just let Putin speak for himself, then…

He views Russia as a vast empire, that stretches back centuries in a seamless flow of history. He barely acknowledges the Soviet Union as a break from that legacy…and more like just another chapter in it. He is every bit an imperialist, and believes that is what makes Russia great.

It’s pretty laughable that you’re accusing me of creating some kind of “YA fan-fiction”. It would be so much better, if fans of Russia paid more attention to the things Putin actually says, instead of their own glorified head-cannon. You’d realize that most of your ideas about what Russia stands for, are total fantasy.

That description fits Russia’s actions towards Ukraine, perfectly. Putin sees Ukraine as a vassal state, that belongs to Russia. He believes that allowing it the illusion of independence was a mistake, and he intends to reabsorb it into the Russian Federation empire.

Ukrainians on the other hand, do not view themselves as Russian, or even “belonging to Russia”. It is not the same as a single people having a civil war. It is a fight for independence from a larger colonial force, intent on destroying their cultural independence and stealing their land and resources.

Russia IS “doing an imperialism”, though.

If they want to become Americans so bad, they can always move South and apply for citizenship.

What they can’t do, is take the land with them.

Ok…so, first of all…this article is spouting nothing but hyperbolic bullshit. No one’s private land ownership is being challenged, or infringed upon with this decision, whether in this specific case, or in any broader sense.

The most that the Cowichan Tribe is asking for, is fair compensation for the land that was stolen from them, and recognition of their claim to the land that is still “publicly owned”. No one is “coming for privately owned land”.

Ok, so it’s a myth. But what’s stopping them from making it a reality? Who doesn’t love the smell of maple?

Get on it, people!

The fact that this was even a proposition, is seriously fucked up.

Thank you. That was a very informative reply.

So…how would proportional representation even work? Would your representatives be chosen for you, based on the total number of votes in the province?

Because right now, you vote for a representative in your riding to represent you. One representative per riding. Not 2/3rds of one from one party, and 1/3rd of one from another party. At the end of the day, there’s still just one seat.

So, who gets to choose who occupies those proportionally delegated seats in the legislative assembly, if it’s no longer chosen by each riding?

I get how this works, in theory…but in practice, we would no longer be choosing our own representatives anymore. You’d get proportional representation…but lose the choice of who those representatives are.

Lol! Wut? How the fuck is this not satire?

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We know. Not that it matters. He moved to the US decades ago, anyway…so they can keep him.

Capybaras are awesome!

Elephants are herbivores too. And you definitely do not fuck with elephants in the wild.